Pietermaritzburg的企業急於急切的低矮硬幣短缺撞擊城市

急劇短缺的低裁定硬幣，尤其是10C，20C和50C零件，使彼得馬里茨堡（Pietermaritzburg）的零售商店爭奪了變化。

Pietermaritzburg retailers are facing an acute shortage of low-denomination coins, particularly 10c, 20c, and 50c pieces, which has left them scrambling to provide change.

Pietermaritzburg的零售商面臨著低成分的硬幣的嚴重短缺，尤其是10C，20C和50C件，這使他們爭先恐後地提供變化。

In response, some businesses have put up notices asking customers to use bank cards, while others have encouraged people to bring coins from home.

作為回應，一些企業發出了通知，要求客戶使用銀行卡，而另一些企業則鼓勵人們將硬幣帶到家裡。

While these coins may have been overlooked in the past, their disappearance has highlighted their importance. Many residents are now digging out their stashes of loose change to help.

儘管這些硬幣過去可能被忽略了，但它們的失踪表明了它們的重要性。現在，許多居民正在挖掘出零錢的藏匿處，以提供幫助。

Angie Snyman, a Pietermaritzburg resident who works in retail, said the shortage has made serving customers difficult.

彼得馬里茨堡（Pietermaritzburg）居民安吉·斯尼曼（Angie Snyman）在零售業工作，他說，短缺使顧客為客戶提供困難。

“Many transactions don’t round neatly to a note or single coin. Personally, we collect loose coins in a jar and exchange them for cash when possible,” she said.

“許多交易都不會整齊地圍繞著筆記或單硬幣。就個人而言，我們在罐子裡收集鬆散的硬幣，並在可能的情況下將它們換成現金。”她說。

Despite the concerns, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and its subsidiary, the South African Mint Company, maintain there is no issue.

儘管存在問題，但南非儲備銀行（SARB）及其子公司南非造幣廠公司認為這沒有問題。

So, where are the city’s coins hiding? Residents shared their thoughts with Weekend Witness.

那麼，這座城市的硬幣隱藏在哪裡？居民與週末見證人分享了他們的想法。

When news of the shortage broke, Pelham resident Nompilo Magaba remembered a dusty container filled with her copper coin collection, which she had saved over a year.

當短缺的消息破裂時，佩勒姆居民Nompilo Magaba想起了一個裝滿了她的銅幣收藏的塵土飛揚的容器，她已經保存了一年。

“There was a year when I decided to collect all my loose change, sometimes adding paper money. I would take out the silver coins and notes but completely forgot about the rest,” she said.

“有一年的時間，我決定收集我所有的零錢，有時還會增加紙幣。我會拿出銀幣和筆記，但完全忘記了其餘的。”她說。

Her collection, mostly 10c, 20c, and 50c coins, with a single 5c mixed in, totals around R65. She believes many coins are sitting idle in people’s homes.

她的收藏集，主要是10C，20C和50C硬幣，其中一個5C混合了R65左右。她認為，許多硬幣都在人們的家中閒置。

Witness journalist Akheel Sewsunker, who had just one 10c coin in his possession, shared his thoughts on the missing change.

目擊者的記者阿基·塞辛克（Akheel Sewsunker）只有一枚10攝氏幣，他對失踪變化分享了他的想法。

“I think they’re in long-forgotten piggy banks and collections for children. People forget they have coins in odd places like gaps in couches and pockets,” he said.

“我認為他們是在遺忘的小豬銀行和兒童收藏中。人們忘記了他們在沙發和口袋裡的縫隙等奇怪的地方都有硬幣。”他說。

Hope Nonyane said people are saving coins at home. “I cashed out R23 000 of R5 coins last year,” she said.

希望Nonyane說人們在家中節省了硬幣。她說：“去年，我兌現了R5硬幣的R23 000。”

Bimla Maharaj said no one appreciates coins anymore, while The Game Shack joked that the coins were in waterfalls and rivers from people making wishes and praying for good things in their lives.

比姆拉·馬哈拉傑（Bimla Maharaj）說，沒有人再欣賞硬幣，而遊戲棚屋開玩笑說，這些硬幣是瀑布和河流中的河流，人們為他們的生活中的美好事物而祈禱。